East Midlands Support
The Regional Development Agency for the East Midlands
is EMDA. It
is able to offer support, advice, funding and
grants for the region.
Business Link provides business support information, carries
out diagnostics of business issues and signposts companies to
relevant sources of expertise.
To help both companies and employees get the training
they need, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
launched 'Train to Gain', a service aimed at helping
businesses improve their productivity and competitiveness by
ensuring that staff have the right skills to do the best job. Find
out more about what type of support is available from
Train
to Gain East Midlands.
Dedicated to supporting the international trade needs of
companies in the
East Midlands.
Current events in the East Midlands
Regional
Training Programmes Available
Training Programmes for effective PR, finance for non-finance
managers, strategic planning, and negotiation skills.
East Midlands iNETS
An iNET is a business-led innovation network that provides
support to help businesses and individuals in each of the regions
key sectors to become more innovative. These sectors being
Transport (This is where Marine fits in), Healthcare &
Bioscience, Sustainable Construction & Food & Drink.
East Midlands
Urban Development Fund
The East Midlands Urban Development Fund (the
Fund) is open for business and will support, across the East
Midlands region, the development of commercial property focused
around innovation, science, technology and growth. The Fund,
which is the first regional Urban Development Fund to have been
established in England, has been set up to provide funding to
commercial development projects which will support lasting jobs
across the region. It will invest in opportunities across the
urban areas of the East Midlands, many of which have stagnated due
to the lack of bank finance resulting from the credit crunch and
the resulting recession.
Technology
Strategy Board
Much of our work is in spreading knowledge,
understanding policy, spotting opportunities and bringing people
together to solve problems or make new advances. We also invest in
and manage a range of delivery mechanisms and programmes to drive
technology-enabled innovation.
Improving
your resource efficiency
All businesses have the potential to reduce their cost base and
increase their profitability by managing their resources more
efficiently – for example by improving the way they manage their
energy, water, raw materials and waste.
Resource efficiency can save money and make businesses more
competitive, as well as demonstrating reduced environmental impact.
EMDA is committed to helping businesses improve their resource
efficiency and is working with Business Link to deliver
improvements across the region.
East Midlands Chamber
of Commerce
Manufacturing Advisory Service East
Midlands
Advisers for manufacturing in this region, MAS East Midlands can
provide you with practical, hands-on support focused on improving
your bottom line. Whether you're looking to improve efficiency,
raise productivity, get the most out of a new idea or tackle a
problem that’s hampering profitability, our experts are here to
help. What's more, all our support is either free or highly
subsidised.
High Growth
Does your business have ambitious growth plans?
Are you concerned about sustaining growth?
Are you searching for high calibre advice and support?
Then HighGrowth East Midlands, the exciting world-class business
support programme funded by East Midlands Development Agency
(emda), will give you that competitive edge.
Business Link workshops
One day workshops, for example marketing, business coaching,
online marketing, customer care. Workshops are usually free of
charge.